Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2017 (PDF 8.3MB)

Corporate Giving

Walgreens Boots Alliance makes direct cash and non-cash donations to local, international and national charities mainly focused on health, social welfare and education issues. In fiscal 2017 the Company made $33.9 million in direct contributions, which do not include donations raised in employee, customer and supplier fundraisers.

Overall, our corporate giving fell by 10.1 percent in fiscal 2017 compared with fiscal 2016 primarily due to the strategic alignment of contributions with our CSR priorities and goals. We believe we can have a greater impact building stronger relationships with fewer strategic CSR partners.

Corporate giving by Division ($million)

Fiscal 20171

Fiscal 20162

Year on year change (%)

Retail Pharmacy USA

26.6

28.7

-7.3

Retail Pharmacy International

6.3

7.8

-19.2

Pharmaceutical Wholesale

1.0

1.2

-16.7

33.9

37.7

-10.1

How the Company contributes ($million)

Fiscal 20171

Fiscal 20162

Year on year change (%)

Cash

Charitable

16.7

20.0

-16.5

Other

1.8

2.7

-33.3

18.5

22.7

-18.5

Non-cash

Employee time

4.4

3.6

+22.2

In kind

9.6

9.7

-1.0

Management costs

1.4

1.7

-17.6

15.4

15.0

+2.7

33.9

37.7

-10.1

Areas impacted by the Company's contributions
($million)

Fiscal 20171

Fiscal 20162

Year on year change (%)

Cash

16

17.7

-9.6

Education

6.7

7.1

-5.6

Social welfare

8.6

9.8

-12.2

Other

2.6

3.1

-16.1

33.9

37.7

-10.1

The types of groups the Company contributes to
($million)

Fiscal 20171

Fiscal 20162

Year on year change (%)

Local

14.7

18.0

-18.3

National

13.8

14.4

-4.2

International

5.4

5.3

+1.9

33.9

37.7

-10.1

1 Fiscal 2017 data within Deloitte & Touche LLP’s review scope.2 We previously reported amounts that totaled $40.1 million in Company corporate giving for fiscal 2016. The relevant figures have been restated to more accurate data now available.

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